Junior Buyer

Bonmarche; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retailer of women’s fashion is seeking a Junior Buyer for its Wakefield office. This role involves collaborating with various teams to source and purchase products aligned with the company’s buying strategy. Candidates should have strong commercial awareness, experience in product management, and a proven record at the Assistant Buyer level. The position offers excellent career prospects within a forward-thinking business.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of putting together a profitable range.
• Relevant technical experience for a given product range.
• Experience of working with suppliers on a landed and FOB basis.

Responsibilities

• Plan a commercial range that maximizes sales and profit.
• Negotiate with suppliers for best pricing while maintaining standards.
• Develop product opportunities and manage critical path.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Negotiation

Effective communication

Education

Minimum of 3 years at Assistant Buyer Level

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Bonmarche

Here at Bonmarche we have a fantastic opportunity for a Junior Buyer, based at our Head Office in Wakefield West Yorkshire.

We are looking for a Junior Buyer who will work together with our skilled Colleagues to ensure the continued success of our leading chain of women’s fashion.

If you would like to be part of a forward-thinking business and have a job with excellent career prospects, we would love to hear from you.

To assist in the sourcing, negotiating and purchasing of product that meet the company’s vision and buying strategy for a given range, whilst owning and supporting the delivery of agreed target KPI’s. Working in partnership with the Buying Director, Buyer, Merchandiser, Technologist and suppliers to plan and develop the range.

Main Areas of Accountability

· Plan a commercial range within your own areas alongside the Buyer and Buying director that maximise sales and profit.

· Maintain a clear understanding of the customer brand handwriting.

· Ensure that the supply base has the capability to meet requirements.

· Negotiate with suppliers for best price whilst maintaining product integrity and standards in production.

· Ensure that agreed levels of good, better and best product are bought.

· Review competitor activity and regularly assess price architecture.

· Meet deadlines within the buying calendar and adhere to the critical path.

· Set clear performance standards to self and team members.

· Present the range in trading, selections, sign off and review meetings.

· Understand profit and intake margin strategy focussing on achieved NAM

· Actively trade the department, review commitment against current sales performance and set action plan accordingly.

· Work with technologist to take joint responsibility for fit and quality.

· Regularly visit stores and work closely with retail and Merchandise colleagues.

· Work with the supplier design resource to source and develop new product opportunities.

· Secure dates for product sign-off at appropriate points in the season.

· Oversee the critical path management for the department.

Additional Accountabilities

· Assist in driving marketing and trading activity via Press & POS in collaboration with the marketing team.

· Ensure that key events are planned, monitored and delivered e.g. Windows, Collection launches, POS, and Mailer launches.

· Ensure that communication of issues and developments to the Product Buyer/Buying Director is timely, consistent and in the appropriate format.

· Develop and share best practice across the buying floor.

Measures of Success

· Deliver a profitable range in a timely manner.

· Develop a range which works visually alongside other products to agreed guidelines.

· Work within budget to increase sales whilst reducing markdown.

Person Specification

· Strong commercial awareness and financial understanding with minimum of 3 year at Assistant Buyer Level.

· Strong knowledge of putting together a profitable range.

· Effective communicator, presenter and team player.

· Ability to adopt a flexible approach when required and to think swiftly.

· Relevant technical experience for a given product range.

· Experience of working with suppliers on a landed and FOB basis

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Product Management

• Industries

  Retail Apparel and Fashion

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